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I have a spring loaded door and love it except one of the springs broke and I have yet to find another. The manufacture that built my trailer is no longer in business. Even with one spring left, I like it better than the cable and pulley system.

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how tall are your sides (have any pics?). Maybe mount a winch ($50 harbor frieght) mounted to the front corner of the trailer to pull it up? then maybe if a mower died on a job you could pull it up in to the trailer. just thinking

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now you have me thinking.. your speaking of a powered winch right? not a hand crank one? how would i get enough power to it? through the plug that goes to the truck? not too sure that would be enough juice would it?

BUT if we can get past that. i could also use it to pull a small tree out of the ground if ever asked.

I would like some sort of control from the rear and front of the trailer for an up and down. that would be sweet.

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another idea is to run a power wire from battery of vehicle to trailer hook up and have a 2nd connector of sort for trailer lights and then a winch connection. this would work in theory.

problem is, i will be using m wifes vehicle around the neighborhood and when out of the neighborhood i will be using my dads truck. i have yet to get a hitch and light harness installed on his Izuzu Trooper and would not be able to use this "power wire" setup idea on the wifes Mazda CX9.

so i am leaning back towards the spring idea. now i just need to find the safest and cheapest way to do this.

i have 0 accounts as of right now so this is not a time sensitive thing. But i am working out my company name and within the week i would like to start handing out flyers and business cards in the neighborhood. i would be using the wifes SUV for this.

once i get things off the ground and can quit my day job, i will trade the civic in for another truck which i miss so bad. but i have to make due with what i have first.

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Thanks for the links.. looks like i need to go find 2 nuts and bolts and a spring. thats all i need really. the only think i need to know is how big of a spring and what to look for when buying one. 88lb gate went down to 5lb's but i dont think i need to look for an 83lb gate.

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Thanks for the links.. looks like i need to go find 2 nuts and bolts and a spring. thats all i need really. the only think i need to know is how big of a spring and what to look for when buying one. 88lb gate went down to 5lb's but i dont think i need to look for an 83lb gate.

all they are is garage door springs, just figure out what length you need add two connecting points and viola, you are done.
you also want to run a heavy cord down the center as long as the spring is extended so if it breaks you don't get your clock cleaned.

home cheapo or a lowes and any hardware store will have them for 10 to 20 bucks a piece.